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<br />Statue at :; Points <br /> <br />,.,.-.. <br /> <br />20f3 <br /> <br /> <br />http://laportepolJ s.comlstatlll~. htm <br /> <br /> <br />We are adding a 5th choice. It is statue of the Yellow Rose of Texas.. <br /> <br />A woman named Emily West migrated to Texas from New York City in late 1835 and lived <br />at Morgans Point with James Morgan..Sources describe her as a teen or as a woman of <br />twenty. Emily D. West - a mulatto, and hence, the song's reference to her being "yellow" <br />- who was seized by Mexican forces during the looting of Galveston. West seduced <br />General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, President of Mexico and commander of the Mexican <br />forces and kept him busy while a young boy maybe her son ran off and told Sam Houston <br />where Santa Anna was.. Santa Anna ran from her tent in his underwear and hid in the <br />woods near La Porte..His soldiers had lowered the guard of the Mexican army facilitating <br />the Texan victory in the Battle of San Jacinto waged in 1836 near present-day Morgans <br />Point.. Santa Anna's opponent was General Sam Houston, who won the battle literally in <br />minutes, and with almost no casualties. This battle won Texas it's Independence, thanks to <br />the Yellow Rose of Texas of Morgans point and La Porte. Santa Anna was captured by Sam <br />Houston who released him later...A soldier in Sam Houston's army fell in love with Emily <br />West in 1836 and wrote a poem about her and it later became the famous song 'The <br />Yellow Rose of Texas".. <br /> <br />\l\lhat would you like to see as the new <br />statue? <br /> <br />Dolphin 10.8% <br /> <br />7/12/2010 04:31 PM <br />